Thursday, July 24, 2008

Insulin. It's good stuff. Top, a vial of Lantus and a standard syringe. One shot a day, lasts 24 hours. Bottom, Novolog in an injector pen, with the cap below it. Two or three injections a day, with meals or as needed. So who needs a functioning pancreas?

Don had an appointment with the cardiologist today in this building. He also had a drop-in chest X-Ray. Tomorrow he's coming back here to see the opthamologist. The neurosurgeon's building is over Don's left shoulder as he took this picture. He's getting to know this area pretty well.

Meerkat Meade

Meerkat Meade is a large, old, eccentric house and gardens on Camp Meade Road in suburban Baltimore.

Meerkat Meade is the home of costumer/collector Thomas G. Atkinson and writer Don Sakers. It houses an extensive print library and video collection, as well as The Star Toys Museum: a stupendous collection of Star Wars, Star Trek, and other science fiction toys and memorabilia.

Meerkat Meade exists in order to foster the enjoyment and appreciation of science fiction and fantasy artforms; to promote the admiration of the splendid species Mesocricetus auratus; and to serve as the nucleus of a creative community producing quality work in the sf/fantasy fields.

Meerkat Meade draws its name from Meerkat, the mascot and symbol of the literary coterie known as the Cedar Grove Movement, and from Meade, an archaic form of the word "meadow."